Jamie Foxx: 2005

Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

After leading the crowd in a rendition of part of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" and thanking his publicist for advising, "When you go down to Miami for New Year's, don't mess it up," the newly minted best actor in a musical or comedy broke down and offered a tearful thanks to his departed grandmother, who had raised him.

After leading the crowd in a rendition of part of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" and thanking his publicist for advising, "When you go down to Miami for New Year's, don't mess it up," the newly minted best actor in a musical or comedy broke down and offered a tearful thanks to his departed grandmother, who had raised him. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

After leading the crowd in a rendition of part of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" and thanking his publicist for advising, "When you go down to Miami for New Year's, don't mess it up," the newly minted best actor in a musical or comedy broke down and offered a tearful thanks to his departed grandmother, who had raised him.